Derrix nodded carefully at Sana’s words, taking in what she had to say, up until she asked how he ended up here. A small laugh so uncommon to Derrix rippled from his throat, “sometimes I wonder the same thing. I suppose the best way to put it is that I got the short end of a long stick, and coincidentally it got me thrusted so far from home.”

	“Sometimes I feel homesick, but as you put it, life has our journey mapped out for us,” Derrix said shifting his voice from a light and thoughtful tone to a concluding baritone, “besides, for now my only concern is completing my duties to this quest.”